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What are your concerns about this? I've owned several vehicles with two-piece dipsticks and have never had an issue with them. I don't know for sure but I suspect they make the upper section to fit a variety of engine types, and rivet on the correct extension based on the engine it goes into. I'm sure it's cheaper for them to make them this way. They will try and save $$ anywhere they can get away with it.
My Audi doesn't even have a dipstick. Oil level is checked using their equivalent of uconnect.It's a long dip stick, but I know what you mean. My main issue isn't it breaking apart, but catching a piece of paper towel while wiping off during a check and having it fall in without me noticing.
Try a German car, they usually have the end indicator being a small block of plastic bolted to the metal dipstick, that's even scarier what could happen there
